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[ Classes] Druid Thread

Well I recenlty changed my offspec from Bear to Moonkin

I must say that I like the Caster roll in raids and heroics more as I can just mash the keys and not really have to pay attn.

I still have my Pally tank and my rogue for melee. I just wanted to get a feel for the caster role without having to lvl my lock all the way to 80. Would be my 4th 80. I find my dps to be very spikey. If I don't get that extra SF off during the eclipse then my dps drops a whole lot. I have actually resorted to installing Quartz to help with my GCD cast timing when my Wrath Eclipse procs.

Check out my gear Server: Kael'thas Toon: Harkonan I don't have the gold for Epic Gems atm. Saving for Epic flying skill on my pally (3rd 80)

Again my main spec is tree, and my gear is either caster dps gear with Hit or my healing gear I use on my boomkin set for now till I get better gear. I do start with MF,IS,IFF on longer fights (Boss's) but for trash I can't get those three in sometimes these days with all the uber dps out there. So I just spam Hur

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Considering that Druids fall in teh "Jack of all trades, Master of none" catagory. In your honest opinion what Role do you think druids perform the best.

I love tanking on my druid, but IMHO the tree cannot be matched.

Druids have the distinct ability to be able to do well in all roles as long as the player has the appropriate skill. I play feral dps, and even though I am outgeared by others, I normally out damage / dps them. I have also seen very compitent boomkins and trees. Bears do well, but I think many guilds may be shying away from them in ICC due to the 20% dodge reduction.

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Finally got to outlands with my druuuid! Leveling out here in Iraq is proving to be a pain in my arse. I currently have A hunter, priest, warlock, paladin, warrior all lvl 80 but none of them compare to the fun I have with my DrOOOd! Best class in wow imo. The only other class that comes close to the druid in terms of being fun to play is my Warlock. Can't wait to start raiding with me BEAR!

On the note of the 20% Dodge reduction? is this from Patch 3.3 and are they improving Savage Defense to counter the lack of dodge. I really believe they should even the playing field when it comes to mitigation for Bears. granted it should never be as good as the other tanks cause of the stam increase. your thoughts?

lol seems like we are the only droods around here and im not even 80 yet.

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Level the playing field for mitigation? You realize that would actually decrease bear mitigation right? ATM vs physical damage bears equally equiped have the highest mitigation of any tank. Thier evasion may be the lowest of the 4 though.
AFAIK there is no plans on changeing savage defense.

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I just made the switch to my Druid (Boomkin), letting my Fury Warrior take a little break. I think when my gear reaches the same level as my warrior, my DPS will far surpass it. It just seems like my DPS is going up faster as my gear gets better. Plus now I have a real AoE DPS opportunity.

Although, as a druid, I find the moments when I rez the healer or another DPSer during a heroic gone awry fill me with a small sense of pride at being able to be a team player in a time of need.

But 10K crits do excite me. Looking forward to 15K+ if possible.

Yeah, was mucking around with a rogue buddy of mine in an ICC25 trash farm. He was ToTT'ing me, for that extra damage. Highest crit I pulled off was 19k. Had trinkets popped, flasked, food buffed, raid buffed, etc. Felt nice. And pulling 10k+ on AoE with just one button, makes it too easy.

Although, my boomkin is only my off-spec and I will probably never have a chance to raid as boomkin. It's still fun to run around as a chicken and be able to pull some good numbers off.

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I have been thinking for a while.. I have ton of alts and one 80 (had 2 till stupidly deleted my 80 hunter).. I made a Ranged DPS.. Melee DPS.. Tank alts along with a DK (who has not made one of these yet).. I can do it all with a Druid.. will save me some space in my character creation list??? Hmmmm

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I would say I am the resident tree expert so let me know if you have questions.

Boomkin is my offspec and I have hit this 5.3k dps cap even with a 5500gs. I suspect it's due to shitty trinkets as well as a dose of player being bad. I really dislike how I can swing so wildly in dps depending on eclipse. The mechanic is busted IMO.
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I like the idea of being sneaky as a rogue then jumping into tank if needed.. im an avid Disc and Holy Heal and time for a change..

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I have been loving the tree healing but I would really like to get into kitty dps.

Hello kitty dps is good fun.

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Boomkin main here. Moonkin dps is way screwy, and I love it! How many classes can claim that Nibelung (the Valkyr proccing caster staff from Deathwhisper 25) is BiS because it doesn't have so many of those pesky stats like haste and crit Seriously though, in ICC gear there aren't many classes that hit a soft haste cap and a soft crit cap in the same gear! Our dps may be dependent on RNG but who's isn't. In the end I find that its a fun class to play which brings lots of buffs, a battle rez and good utility to a raid. That said, are there classes with better DPS numbers, sure, but if all our decisions were based on that we'd all reroll rogues... My tree alt is pretty sweet too, plus as a druid if I ever get tired of my role all I have to do is respec, not lvl another toon!!

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I think I have a lvl 30 something night elf druid, I've played him off and on for a couple years and am horrible at playing him for some reason. He is by far the hardest of all alts I've lvl'ed. One of these days I'll just have to buckle down and play; I like the versatility of the class, though I hate the fact that he is a Night Elf.

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Easy to level, hard to master. The biggest thing is to keep going till you can get mangle. Once you get that I would macro pounce and mangel together as well as shred and the other stealth back attack. (been too long since I have used it.)

For single target, kitty. For aoe use bear. For elites, start as kitty then switch to bear.

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